Donna Fox was involved in a car accident in 2009 that did significant damage to her back. After suffering through years of debilitating pain she decided to get an Artificial Disk Replacement but she needed 2 disks replaced and that procedure is not authorized in the U.S. She ended up traveling to Spain to get the surgery and saved a very significant amount of money. Amazingly, the titanium disks they used were designed and manufactured in the U.S. but she could not get the surgery done there because the FDA had only approved one This surgery has literally changed Donna’s life and she is now pain free.

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The Onwards Medical Breakthrough

A new way to beam power to medical chips deep inside the body

“A Stanford electrical engineer has invented a way to wirelessly transfer power deep inside the body, and use this power to run tiny electronic medical gadgets such as pacemakers, nerve stimulators, or new sensors and devices yet to be developed.

The discoveries reported Monday May 19 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) culminate years of efforts by Ada Poon, an assistant professor of electrical engineering, to eliminate the bulky batteries and clumsy recharging systems that prevent medical devices from being more widely used.”

About John Cote

John Cote is a multiple best selling and award winning author. He is also the founder and host of Healthcare Elsewhere, a medical tourism podcast that shares patient success stories, interviews with leading physicians in the field globally and CEO's of companies in the industry.